Elizabeth Thomson (artist) explained
Elizabeth Thomson (born 17 October 1955) is a New Zealand artist.
Background
Thomson was born 1955 in Titirangi, Auckland.[1] She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988 with a Master of Fine Arts.[2] Thomson is based in Wellington.[3]
Career
Thomson is a painter and sculptor utilising botanical, entomological or molecular forms and incorporating them into abstract geometric compositions.[4] She uses various tools and mediums to create her works, including sculpture and miniatures.[5]
In 1998, Thomson won the Paramount Award in the Wallace Arts Awards with her piece 'Southern Cross Paterre'.[6] In 1987 and 1989 she received grants from the Arts Council of New Zealand.
Thomson is represented by Page Blackie Gallery.[7]
Works by Thomson are held in the public collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa[8] and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[9]
Exhibitions
- 2017, The Black-and-whites, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2017, Invitation to Openness, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2017, Landscape 2017, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington (group show)
- 2016, Freedom and Structure | Navigating the Zone, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2016, Subliminal, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2015, Botanical Studies, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2015, Body of the Sentient, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2015, Between Memory and Oblivion, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2014, Transitive States, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2014, Hanene - Breathing Gently, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2014, Voyage Sauvage, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
- 2014, Elysian Fields, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
- 2013, Landscape, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2013, Auckland Art Fair
- 2013, Line/Form/Colour/Intention - An Exhibition Exploring Abstraction, Blackie Gallery, Wellington
- 2012, The Ocean of Eden, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2012, Islands of Dodonaea, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
- 2011, Colour/Field, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
- 2010, Another Green World, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
- 2009, Le Planete Sauvage, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2009, Tonight in the Mystic Garden, Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North
- 2008, Astrophysics and the Thomson Effect, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
- 2008, Supposition, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2008, Horoeka, RH Gallery, Upper Moutere, Nelson
- 2007, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension, Mark Hutchins, Wellington
- 2007, Studies for the Bigger Picture, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
- 2006, Elizabeth Thomson: My Hi-Fi, My Sci- Fi, touring show, curated by Gregory O’Brien for City Art Gallery, Wellington
Further reading
Artist files for Elizabeth Thomson are held at:
Also see:
Notes and References
- Web site: Elizabeth Thomson. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 14 December 2017.
- News: Art, Life, Music - Elizabeth Thomson. 9 August 2016. Radio New Zealand. 14 December 2017. en-nz.
- News: Elizabeth Thomson. Page Blackie Gallery. 14 December 2017. en-US. 23 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180223090857/http://www.pageblackiegallery.co.nz/artists/elizabeth-thomson/. dead.
- News: Elizabeth Thomson. Ocula. 14 December 2017. en.
- Book: Dunn, Michael . New Zealand sculpture: a history . 2002 . Auckland Univ. Press . 978-1-86940-277-8 . 1. publ . Auckland . 158, 159.
- News: Archives. Wallace Arts Trust. 14 December 2017. en-US.
- News: Artists at Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. Page Blackie Gallery. 14 December 2017. en-US.
- Web site: Elizabeth Thomson. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. en. 14 December 2017.
- News: Elizabeth Thomson. Auckland Art Gallery. 14 December 2017. en.
